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 EN    Silver Oriole* Id (Atlas):
    Oriolus mellianus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Silver Oriole, Stresemann's Oriole, Stresemann's Maroon Oriole, Mell's Oriole, Mell's Maroon Oriole

Family
Oriolidae (Old World Orioles)

Size
28 cm

First Described (Guide)
Stresemann, 1922

Habitat
Evergreen broadleaved forest. From c.600 - 1,700 m.

Range (Guide)
Cambodia (NB), China (mainland) (B), Thailand (NB).

Breeds in south-central China (south-central Sichuan, north-eastern Yunnan, Guizhou, northern Guangxi, northern Guangdong). Non-breeding south-eastern Thailand and western Cambodia.
 
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Habitat loss and fragmentation of forest in its breeding and wintering ranges through timber extraction, conversion to agriculture and uncontrolled fire, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Silver Oriole (Oriolus mellianus) [XC479807]
     by id from , China (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Closely related to Black Oriole (Oriolus hosii), Javan Oriole (Oriolus cruentus) and, especially, Maroon Oriole (Oriolus traillii) and all, together with Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus), form the "Asian black-headed group".

Similar Species
Female Maroon Oriole (Oriolus traillii) has dark brown mantle and reddish-chestnut rump and pale reddish-maroon undertail-coverts.


References
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Files:
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